Combined stool and cabinet



Feb. 2, 1954 c. R. CORNICK COMBINED STOOL. AND CABINET Filed May 4, 1951Gamhg/an Corn/ck INVENTOR.

l8 EY BY a Patented Feb. 2, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE COMBINEDSTOOL AND CABINET Carrington R. Cornick, Richmond, Va. Application May4, 1951, Serial No. 224,559

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in articles offurniture and the primary object of the present invention is to providea combination stool and cabinet.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide acabinet having an open top and a vertically adjustable horizontallydisposed shoe rest panel that is selectively supported concealed in orexposed from the open top of the cabinet.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a combined stooland cabinet including an article holding rack or drawer that is manuallymovable into and out of the cabinet through and opening in one side wallof the cabinet.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a combinationstool and cabinet that is simple and practical in construction, strongand reliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, inexpensive tomanufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention showing thedrawer disposed in the cabinet and the closure in its closed position;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the closure raised,the drawer in its open position and the shoe rest raised;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the planeof section line 33 of Figure 4 Figure 4 i a vertical sectional viewtaken substantially on the plane of section line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the plane of section line 55 of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view showing the guidegrooves in slightly modified form than illustrated in Figures 1-5inelusive.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral I 0 represents a combined stool and cabinet,including a pair of upwardly converging side walls I2 and I4 that arejoined at their ends by end walls It and I 8.

2 Claims. ((31. 15265) A- closure wall 26 is hinged, as at 22, to theupper end of the wall 18 for vertical swinging movement. The free end ofthe closure wall 25 carries a spring clip 24 that will yieldingly entera U-shaped keeper 26 mounted on the inner face of the Wall l6 when theclosure member 25] is disposed in its closed position against the upperedges of the walls. I2, l4, l6 and I8.

An arm 28 is pivoted to the closure wall 20 and this arm is slidablyreceived between a pair of guide blocks 30 and 32 secured to the innerface of side wall l2. The free end of the arm 28 terminates in a hook 34that will engage the undersurface of block 36 after the closure wall 20has been raised to a vertical position a shown in Figure 2.

Side wall I4 is formed with an opening 36 whose lower edge is hinged toa drawer or rack 38, as at 40, for movement into and out of the cabinetthrough opening 36. The inner wall 42 of the drawer 38 is slightlyhigher than the opening to abut the wall l4 when the drawer is manuallymoved to its open position as shown in Figure 2. The inner wall 42 willrest against a cross brace 44 when the drawer is disposed in the cabinetto retain the outer wall 46 coplanar with wall M a shown best in Figure4.

A pair of blocks 48 are suitably secured to the side walls l2 and [4adjacent the end wall l6. The inner faces of the blocks 48 are formedwith V-shaped grooves including upper horizontal portions 56 andvertically inclined portions 52 that incline upwardly from the wall l6toward closure wall 20.

One end of an elongated panel 54 supports a cross pin 56 whose ends areslidably received in the V-shaped grooves. The panel 54 supports a shoerest 58 that is removably secured to the panel 54. A shelf extendsbetween and is suitably secured to the side walls I2 and I4, and willsupport the panel 54 concealed within the cabinet when the ends of pin56 are disposed in the lower ends of groove portions 52.

As the panel 54 is raised to position the ends of pin 56 in the grooveportions 50, the rabbeted end 62 of the panel 54 will rest upon theupper edge of wall 18 to support the panel 54 exposed from the upper endof the cabinet.

Figure 6 shows the grooves in the blocks 48 shaped in the form of Us toinclude upper and lower horizontal portions 64 and 66 that willselectively receive the ends of pin 56 when the panel 54 is moved to araised or lowered position in the cabinet.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a shoe shine cabinet including a pair of side walls and a pair ofend walls, said cabinet having an open top, an elongated shoe rest panelslidably received in the open top of the cabinet, blocks secured to saidside walls each having a V-shaped groove therein, means carried by oneend of the panel slidably received in the grooves, said grooves being solocated to include horizontal portions and vertically inclined portionsextending downwardly from the horizontal portions, the end of said panelremote from the means being supported on one of said end walls when saidmeans is disposed in said horizontal I portions, and a shelf secured tosaid one end wall for supporting the panel when said means is disposedat the lower ends of saidrvertically inclined portions, and a verticallyswingable closure hinged to ,one of said ,end walls for closing the opentop of the cabinet, and means limiting opening of said closure. 7 e

2. In a shoe shine cabinet including a pair of side walls and a pair ofend walls, said cabinet having an open top, an elongated shoe rest panelslidably received in the open top of the cabinet, blocks secured to saidside walls each having a V-shaped groove therein, means carried by oneend of the panel slidably received in the Lil grooves, said .groovesbeing so located to include horizontal portions and vertically inclinedportions extending downwardly from the horizontal portions, the end ofsaid panel remote from the means being supported on one of said endwalls when said means is disposed in said horizontal portions, and ashelf secured to said one end wall for supporting the panel when saidmeans is disposed at the lower ends of said vertically inclinedportions, and v a vertically swingable closure hinged to one of saidlend walls ,for closing the open top of the cabinet, and means limitingopening of said closure, said means limiting opening of said closurecomprising an arm pivoted to the closure and having a terminal hook, apairof guide blocks in the cabinet slidably receiving the arm, said hookengaging one of said blocks as the closure is open.

CARRINGTON R. CORNICK.

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